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adj. - Providing privacy or seclusion; Withdrawn from society.

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  • Lived an unsocial reclusive life
  • Perelman has been described as a reclusive genius with a history of refusing big prizes.
  • I've always regretted that they had to call the reclusive author in Field of Dreams "Terrence Mann"
  • For a group that had been described as reclusive, the Touch had been strangely willing to endure scrutiny bya total stranger.
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